chesheer on Nostr: That's probably the stupidest IT thing I've seen this year, but... My bank retired ...
That's probably the stupidest IT thing I've seen this year, but...
My bank retired its smartphone app in favor of just the web page. Like in good old times, right? Wrong.
When you visit the said page, it fully loads, but then a huge banner appears that asks you to scan the QR with your phone.
You scan the QR and... it just opens the same page in your web browser ON THE PHONE. So you can't use the web page on desktop, only on the phone.
Of course I did the only logical thing. I just toggled Developer Tools in my desktop browser, changed the resolution to some phone resolution, opened the page, and IT WORKS.
People get paid for these ideas.
Published at
2025-08-07 16:44:33 UTCEvent JSON
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